Below is the NSPCC definition of safeguarding.

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

Safeguarding means:

• Protection: Keeping children safe from abuse and maltreatment.
• Prevention: Stopping harm to children's health and development before it occurs.
• Support: Providing necessary help when problems first emerge.
• Effective Care: Ensuring children grow up in circumstances consistent with safe and effective care.
• Positive Outcomes: Taking action to make sure all babies, children, and young people have the best possible outcomes in life.

The responsibility to keep children safe belongs to all of us. Glenleigh Park has a very clear Safeguarding Policy that is available from the school office or under our Key Policies section on this website.

In school there are five Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSL’s). They are Ms Barnard, Mr Green, Mr Gillham, Mrs Tanner and Mrs Filsell.

Mr Green is the school's Safeguarding and Welfare Lead.

If you have any safeguarding concerns about a child and wish to speak to a DSL please make an appointment at the school office. Alternatively if you have a concern about a child outside of school please contact the Single Point of Advice (SPOA) who can direct your concern to the correct place within East Sussex Children’s Services. This can be done anonymously if necessary.

To contact SPOA please call 01323 464222 between 8:30am and 5:00pm Monday to Friday.

You can find our Safeguarding Policy on our policy page by clicking here.